Healing is what happens when Pastoral Practitioners minister, enabling people to receive restoration to health of body and mind through God's great love and mercy. This restoration of health is part of what is meant by the "abundant life" which the Lord promised.

Birth

Childbirth researcher Katherine Hartmann, MD, PhD, estimates that approximately 1 million episiotomies are performed in the United States yearly. Out of these 1 million she estimates that fewer than 10 percent are medically warranted. (1)